Claims
- 1. A cutting fluid for use in machining vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate materials comprising a solution containing at least one type of organic molecule selected from the group consisting of silanes, siloxanes, silanols, or cationic phosphonium compounds.
- 2. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said solution is an aqueous solution with at least one silane dispersed within.
- 3. A cutting fluid according to claim 2, wherein said silane is represented by the general structural formula of: (R1)a
- 4. A cutting fluid according to claim 3, wherein said silane is a C18-hydrocarbon silane
- 5. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said solution removes any vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate particles or other contaminants generated during said machining.
- 6. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said solution substantially reduces physical vibrations, and reduces friction at a machining tool-workpiece interface.
- 7. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said vitreous, crystalline or aggregate material is selected from the group consisting of inorganic oxides, poly-crystals and mono-crystals.
- 8. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said vitreous, crystalline or aggregate material comprises glass, glass ceramics, ceramics, stone, marble, granite, or rock.
- 9. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said vitreous material is high purity fused silica.
- 10. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said vitreous material is an optical glass.
- 11. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said crystalline material is silicon.
- 12. A cutting fluid according to claim 1, wherein said crystalline material is fluoride crystals.
- 13. A cutting fluid according to claim 12, wherein said fluoride crystals is one selected from LiF, MgF2, CaF2, BaF2.
- 14. A cutting fluid according to claim 12, wherein said fluoride crystals is CaF2.
- 15. A cutting fluid of claim 1, wherein said vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate material has a form selected from one of the following consisting of: slab, wafer, bulk glass, sheet, disk, washer, cane, tube, cone, and ribbon.
- 16. A cutting fluid for use in machining vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate materials comprising a solution containing cationic silanes.
- 17. A method of machining vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate materials using a cutting fluid comprising the steps of:
a) applying at least one organic cutting solution to the vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate materials; and b) machining said materials with said organic solution thereon.
- 18. A method according to claim 17, wherein said steps are executed simultaneously.
- 19. A method according to claim 17, wherein said machining step is performed with substantially reduced physical vibrations, and reduced friction at a machining tool-workpiece interface.
- 20. A method according to claim 17, wherein said solution removes any vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate particles or other contaminants generated during said machining step.
- 21. A method of according to claim 17, wherein said machining step comprises a cutting step.
- 22. A method according to claim 17, wherein said machining step is one selected from the group consisting of: an abrading, cutting, sawing, grinding, edging, or polishing step.
- 23. A method according to claim 17, wherein said vitreous, crystalline or aggregate material is selected from the group consisting of inorganic oxides, poly-crystals and mono-crystals.
- 24. A method according to claim 17, wherein said vitreous, crystalline or aggregate material comprises glass, glass ceramics, ceramics, stone, marble, granite, or rock.
- 25. A method according to claim 17, wherein said vitreous material is high purity fused silica.
- 26. A method according to claim 17, wherein said vitreous material is an optical glass.
- 27. A method according to claim 17, wherein said crystalline material is silicon.
- 28. A method according to claim 17, wherein said crystalline material is fluoride crystals.
- 29. A method according to claim 28, wherein said fluoride crystals is one selected from LiF, MgF2, CaF2, BaF2.
- 30. A method according to claim 17, wherein said vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate material has a form selected from one of the following consisting of: slab, wafer, bulk glass, sheet, disk, washer, cane, tube, cone, and ribbon.
- 31. A method according to claim 17, wherein said organic cutting solution is an aqueous solution with at least one silane.
- 32. A method according to claim 17, wherein said organic cutting solution consists of organic molecules of at least one selected from the following: organosilanes and cationic phosphonium compounds.
- 33. A method according to claim 31, wherein said silane is represented by the general structural formula of: (R1)a
- 34. A method according to claim 33, wherein said silane is a C,8-hydrocarbon silane
- 35. A method for protecting vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate materials from scratches, abrasions, and contaminations during a machining process comprising applying a cutting fluid containing at least one molecule of an organosilanes onto said materials during said machining process.
- 36. A machined vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate material having at least one type of residual organic molecule deposited thereon by an application of a cutting solution having silane compounds dispersed in said solution.
- 37. A machined vitreous, crystalline or aggregate article that is protected from scratches, abrasions, and contaminations by an organic cutting solution during a machining process in accordance with a method of applying the organic cutting solution to the vitreous, crystalline, or aggregate material, and machining said materials with said organic solution thereon, wherein said organic cutting solution includes at least one type of organic molecule selected from the group consisting of: organosilanes, siloxanes, silanols.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] This Application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/221,435, filed on Jul. 28, 2000, in the names of Dana C. Bookbinder and David F. Dawson-Elli.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60221435 |
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